Privacy Policy

Effective date: Monday, 5 August 2024

Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how SCHLESIEN - Earth Unearth Artist Retreat  ("we," "us," "our") collects, uses, discloses, and protects your personal information when you visit our website www.earth.unearth.land (the "Website"). By using our Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Information We Collect

Personal Information: We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you apply for our residency, subscribe to our newsletter, fill out forms, or contact us. This information may include your name, email address, phone number, postal address, and any other information you choose to provide.

Non-personal Information: We may collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Website. This may include your IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data.

Use of Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

To process and manage your residency application.

To communicate with you and respond to your inquiries.

To send you newsletters and updates about our residency program.

To improve our Website and services.

To monitor the usage of our Website.

To detect, prevent, and address technical issues.

Sharing of Information

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties without your consent, except as described below:

Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as website hosting, data analysis, payment processing, and email delivery. These service providers are obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which it was disclosed.

Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

The right to access, update, or delete your personal information.

The right to object to or restrict the processing of your personal information.

The right to withdraw consent at any time, where we are relying on consent to process your personal information.

Third-Party Links

Our Website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these third-party websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Website and store certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Website.

Types of cookies we use include:

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the Website to function properly.

Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Website, allowing us to improve the user experience.

Functional Cookies: These cookies allow our Website to remember choices you make, providing enhanced and personalised features.

International Data Transfers

Your information, including personal information, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. By using our Website and providing your information, you consent to such transfers.

Retention of Data

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including to comply with legal or accounting, requirements. Once the retention period expires, your personal information will be securely deleted or anonymised.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top of the policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

If you have any general questions about the Site or the information we collect about you and how we use it, you can contact us at pieter.henning.trust@gmail.com